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The Occupational Therapy Assistant Program has a library and classrooms with modern audiovisual teaching aids, textbooks, journals, anatomical charts, models, and e-library resources. The laboratories are equipped with the most actualized tools and materials in the occupational therapy practice.
The pediatrics laboratory that has the equipment to work with children and youth with developmental, musculoskeletal, and neurological issues as well as with learning issues, the lab will also be used as our sensory integration lab. Our daily living lab takes place in a room developed and implemented as a living quarter with kitchen, bathroom, and living room settings.
Additionally, there is a spacious lab for all the physical disabilities and biomechanical techniques, a hand therapy lab, and an ergonomics lab. The instructor-to-student ratio is 1:25 during lectures and 1:12 in the lab.
The program consists of eight (8) quarters of twelve (12) weeks each. During quarters one and two (24 weeks) of the program, students will take General Education courses up to 24 hours per week via online delivery.
Quarters three through six comprise virtual synchronous didactic sessions and in situ lab sessions, which include three (3) to five (5) days per week of up to four (4) hours per day didactic, and the lab instruction will take place every other weekend on Saturdays and Sundays.
In quarter four, externships or Fieldwork one (FWI) will begin; the FWI entails 40 hours distributed during the quarter. Quarters four and five will have a 40-hour FWI each. Quarter 6 will have two (2) FWI. The NBCOT Certification exam training will take place during quarter 8.
The students receive 970 didactic and laboratory instruction and 800 clinical education hours, which allows them to apply the lecture topics to practical use. The curriculum provides students with the technical, clinical, and interpersonal skills necessary to succeed in this field. In addition, the program prepares students to take their NBCOT Certification exam.
An Associate of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant is awarded upon program completion. The expected completion time for this program is 96 weeks, excluding any holiday and vacation times.
Class times can and may be rescheduled on an alternate day of the week (i.e., Sunday through Saturday) to ensure program completion is on time and the required program hours are fulfilled.
*96 Approved Instructional Weeks
The program will
offer a sequential, integrated technical curriculum that reflects contemporary Occupational Therapy Assistant practice.
The program will
prepare graduates to provide occupational therapy interventions in various settings within the OTA scope of practice and under an occupational therapist’s supervision.
The program will
prepare graduates to demonstrate ethical and professional behaviors consistent with California State Law and Practice Acts and the professional standards of practice.
The program will
employ faculty who demonstrate current knowledge in their teaching areas and are committed to professional standards of excellence.
The program will
prepare graduates to utilize self-assessment and awareness in communication, skills, knowledge, and behaviors with patients/clients, caregivers, colleagues, and other healthcare team members.
The program will
provide students with a curriculum that recognizes, fosters understanding, and embraces diversity and different learning styles.
Occupational
therapy assistant students are adult learners, and our program will provide the opportunity to take responsibility for learning, professional behavior, respect for others, and preparedness.
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does not discriminate against students based on race, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or marital status.
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